RHS Garden Harlow Carr in Harrogate, North Yorkshire is a great visit and today the sun shone all day, the bees emerged, and one could see the plants opening out to welcome spring. So here are the highlights.
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| I'm no great lover of heathers though .... | 
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| Catkins can be as good as blossom | 
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| "Anna's Red" and certainly on my newly created shopping list | 
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| Another of those catkins | 
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| Skimmia japonica "Red Diamonds" | 
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| The head only of the towering reed sculpture | 
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| Kale "Redbor" is tasty too | 
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| Primula palinuro | 
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| Primula allionii 'Mrs Dyas' | 
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| Primula 'Joan Hughes' | 
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| Primula allionii ' Apple Blossom' | 
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| Saxifraga species and my favourite today | 
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| Olsynium douglasii | 
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| Primula 'Netta Dennis' | 
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| Dionysia aretioides 'Bevere' and spectacular | 
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| Fritillaria raddeana | 
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| Draba yunnanensis | 
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| Cornus mas - a mass of blossom | 
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| We had a visitor at lunch | 
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| Location for lunch | 
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| Visitor 2 | 
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Trying to catch up among blogs... what a beautiful, refreshing view of spring! I always did want heathers, but have never gardened in a really appropriate climate ;-) I love the looks of that Fritillaria raddeana; it seems quite graceful in comparison with the imperialis types.
ReplyDeleteCatching up is hard and personally I feel I have a few too many balls in the air. Spring is a time for growing and I suppose the daylight hours are increasing.
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